Improvement in churns



W. STOVER. Ghurns.

No. 196,498. Patented Oct. 23,1877.

Z a/m %WM WILLIAM srovnnornunnnn, NEW rock.

.lMPROVEMENTilN OHURN-S. I

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 196,498, dated October 23, 1877; application filed August 28, 1877 ing, which forms part of this specification- This invention is applicable to box, barrel, and other shaped churns, both when the latter .have frigid stafls, which are worked up and down direct in a straight course by hand, and when said churns have one or more jointed staffs, which receive motion from a crank-sh aft operated either byhand or by power.

The invention consists in a socketed staffholder, in combination with means for guiding the dasher-staff by said holder in its up-tnddown motion, and for adapting said holder either to a rigid or to a jointed staff.

These devices, which constitute a simple attachment to a churn, conduce very materially to the easy working of the dasher, and add to the strength of the churn, as well as to the adaptability of different mechanical movements to actuate the dasher staff or staffs; and the invention furthermore consists in a novel construction of the dasher, to insure the working out of the buttermilk, and to gather the butter in a mass, as well as to secure a perfect agitation of the cream.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a churn-dasher with its staff and attached means in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a partly-sectional plan of the same on the line 00 av and Fig. 3, a sectional elevation of the staff-holder with a divided and jointed staff applied thereto. Fig. 4 is an elevation of an upright barrel-churn having a rigid staff, and my improved stafi-holder and guide applied thereto; and Fig. 5 is a similar view of a boxchurn having duplicate dashers and jointed staffs actuated by a crank-shaft.

A and A indicate the dasher-staff, made in two sections or pieces, one above the other. The upper one, A, of these sections forms the handle, to which the hand of the operator is applied when working the dasher up and down direct by the staff, as in the churn illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawing; or said upper section A of the staff may be connected at its top end, by a strap,

with the .crank of a rotating shaft, as shown in Fig. 5, in which the churn is represented as having duplicate dashers connected by their stafis with duplicate and reversely-set cranks-of a driving-shaft, which may be rotated either by hand orbypower.

As each dasher has the invention appliedto it, the invention is thesame whetherv the churn have one or more dashers. I

B is. the dasher-staff holder. It is made of metal, and not only serves to unite the adj acent ends of the staff-sections A A together, but also'to steady and guide or direct the staff in its u'p-anddown movement. To these ends said holder B is constructed as follows: It is formed at its 'stafi-holding end with an upper socket, b, and a lower socket, 1), composed of inner and outer flanges, rniited by a tie bar or piece, 0, which latter constitutes the the bottom of one socket and the top of the other. The lower one, I), of these sockets serves to receive within it the upper end of the lower staff-section A, which is firmly secured within said socket by means of duplicate bolts (Z d. The upper one, I), of said sockets receives within it the lower end of the upper staff-section A, which is secured within it by means of a joint pin or bolt, 6, on or with which said staifsection is free to rock when such staff-section is connected with a driving-crank at its upper end. When, however, said staff-section A is required to be rigid in the socket, as when working the staff up and down directly by hand, then a ring or locking-pin, G, is inserted at any suitable distance from the bolt 0, through the socket I) and staE-section A, as the latter is brought in line with the lower staff-section A. Thus secured, the socket b ceases to form a working joint or jaw for the upper staff-section, and the locking-pin O,'in conjunction with the joint-pin 6, makes the upper stafi-section'a rigid continuation of the lower staif-section. In this way the stafi' is readily transformed from a rigid into a jointed one, and vice versa.

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